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Timothy Vincent Murphy (born 5 April 1960) is an Irish actor based in Los Angeles. His notable 2015 roles have been onThe Bastard Executioner,Grace and Frankie, andTrue Detective. He played Galen O'Shay for three seasons on theKurt SutterFX series,Sons of Anarchy. For his portrayal, Murphy won the 2013 BuzzFocus Readers Choice Award for "Best Villain". He appeared for two seasons onNCIS: Los Angeles as Russian super-villain Sidorov, and a season on the CBS seriesCriminal Minds asEmily Prentiss' nemesis/love interest,Ian Doyle. He has guest starred on such series asHawaii Five-0,Revenge,Burn Notice,Shameless,Quantico,24,Nip/Tuck,Alias,Six Feet Under, andCode Black.

In 2025, Murphy portrays Colonel Sanders in the "Obsession" set of ads for KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken).^[1]

Murphy was born Timothy Vincent Murphy inTralee,County Kerry to Edward and Mary Murphy, one of six siblings. He began his career inDublin, where he trained in the Focus Theater. He attendedUniversity College Cork, majoring in Law and Accounting.^[2] Murphy also spent time travelling in South Africa, working in construction and roof laying inthe Bronx,New York City, and working in bars inFlorida.^[2][3][4]

Murphy's feature film credits includeThe Lone Ranger (2013); the action film parodyMacGruber (2010), oppositeVal Kilmer;Ed Harris' Western period dramaAppaloosa (2008); the adventure thrillerNational Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) and the horror thrillerShallow Ground (2004). In 2014, Murphy starred inJason Momoa’s directorial debut,Road to Paloma; theFunk Brothers' film shortLooms, which premiered at the Santa Barbara Film Festival; and the adventure dramaHeaven's Floor, oppositeClea Duvall.

Murphy is also a stage actor and a Lifetime Member of theActors Studio. His theatre credits includeThe Beauty Queen of Leenane at South Coast Rep, for which he garnered an Ovation Award nomination, and Coast Theater'sThe Lost Plays of Tennessee Williams, which won theLA Weekly "Best Ensemble" Award and for which he garnered an individual "Best Performance" nomination. He originated the role of Jake in the world premiere ofStones in his Pockets at the Tivoli Theater in Dublin, and he starred oppositeTyne Daly in a production ofAgamemnon staged at the Getty Villa in Malibu, California. In August 2018, he started appearing in advertisements for British price-comparison siteConfused.com.

He is married to Caitlin Manley. On 22 July 2015, their first child, Seán Fionn Murphy, was born.^[5]

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